Improvement in scythes



H. 0. BROWN.

Scythe.

Patented Aug. 23, 1870 iii-Mimi gmtw HIRAM 0. BROWN, or BARKHAMSTED, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent N 0. 106,541, dated August 23, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN SCYTHES.

The Schedule referred to. in these Letters E'atent and making part of the same 'l'o all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HIRAM 0. BROWN, of Barkhamsted, county of Litehtield and State of Connect icut, have invented a new and improved Scythe; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists'iu constructing the scythe in the manner hereinafter described, so as to give it tenacity and strength, and to prevent its bending in use.

The result. of experience fully settles the question, that in close mowing, as in mowing lawns, a flat thin blade is better than the old form, and the only objection found toit has been the lack of strength, or its inclination to bend or spring, and it is to remedy this defect in the flat blade by the rib or corrugation that constitutes my improvement.

Inthe accompanying drawing Figure 1: represents a top view of the blade of a scythe embodying my improvements.

Figure 2 represents a transverse section of the same, at the line 00 a: of fig. 1.

To enable others skillediu the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its constructiou.

I make the blade A of nearly a uniform thickness, with its under side perfectly flat, with a rib or corru-. gut-ion, B, on its upper side, to give it stiffness, ex?

- tending from near its hilt to its point.

NVhat I claim as, my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- A scythe-blade, A, of nearly uniform. thickness, with its underside flat, and with a rib or corrugation,

B, on its upper side, substantially as shown and described.

Witnesses E. S. WOODFORD, JAY E. SPAULDING.

HIRAM 0. BROWN. 

